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A79010	The righteous mans death lamented. A sermon preached at St. Austins, London, Aug.23. 1662 at the funeral of that eminent servant of Jesus Christ, Mr. Simeon Ash late minister of the gospel there. By Edmund Calamy, B.D.	Calamy, Edmund, 1600-1666.	1662 (1662)	Wing C262A; ESTC R229781	17,397	33

as well as others because they have a body of sin that they carry about with them for there is no man so wise that lives and sins not Eccles 7.20 Wherefore there is that which deserves death in a righteous man Lastly and especially The righteous must perish upon a peculiar account For if we had hope only in this life saith the Apostle we are of all men most miserable and therefore they must perish to keep them from perishing they must say as Themistocles Periissem nisi periissem they must dye that they may rest from their labour for here is not our rest Micah 2.10 There remaineth a rest for the people of God there is no rest in this World the word quies wants the plural number 3dly The righteous must dye that they may have their reward their Crown of glory that God hath laid up for them they must first fight the good sight and finish their course and then they shall receive a Crown of glory 3dly They must dye that they may be free from sin for they shal never put off the body of sin till they put off the body of flesh 4thly They must die that mortality may be swallowed up of life that corruption may put on incorruption 5ly They must dye that they may be perfect in Grace Lastly They must die that they may see God face to face and be for ever with the Lord which they cannot do till they dye therefore blessed be God that the r ghteous must perish If a man should bring news to a righteous man that he should always live on Earth always be young rich and healthful it would be unwelcom news for while we are in the body we are absent from the Lord and subject to sin and therefore when Peter asked Christ what should be done with John Christ tells him If I will that he tarry till I come what 's that to thee from henceforth there went a report abroad that John should not die John 21.32 Now the Apostle himself was much displeased with this report and look't upon it as a great affliction that he should not die and therefore he himself confutes it But yet Jesus said he said not that he should not dye as if he had said God forbid that I should not die Before I come to the Application of this point give me leave to speak something to the second point and so I shal apply them both together The second Doctrine is this That the perishing of a righteous man is nothing but a gathering of him to God Christ and the blessed Society of Saints and Angels in heaven This is contained in the second expression Merciful men are taken away the word in the Hebrew is colliguntu● they are gathered it is exegetical of the former they did not perish but they are gathered to God and Christ there is a great deal of excellency a magazine of sweetness in this expression they are gathered It implies two things First That the righteous are in a scattered condition while they are in this World and that three ways First They are scattered among the wicked and ungodly of the World as Sheep among Wolves as Lambs among Lions rent and torn in pieces forced to wander up and down in sheep-skins and Goat skins 2dly The righteous are scattered in the world one from another and that two ways 1. They are scattered by their different habitations for the godly are forced to separate one from another as Lot from Abraham 2. They are scattered one from another by the cruel persecution of wicked men and therefore you read Acts 8. that at that time when there was a persecution against the Church at Jerusalem that they were all scattered abroad 3dly The godly are scattered in this life from the glorious presence of God in Heaven indeed they are never sattered from the gracious presence of God but sometimes they are scattered from the comforting presence of God and as long as we live in this World we shall be scattered from the glorious presence of God for while we are in the body we are absent from the Lord. Secondly This implyes a bringing of God's people out of this scattered condition it is a gathering of the righteous out of this world into another from a sinfull persecuted world into a sinles glorious world from diversity of dwellings on earth to dwell altogether in one heaven it is a gathering out of the reach of men and divels a gathering them not only to the gracious but to the glorious presence of God and Christ and to the souls of just men made perfect and to the general assembly of the first born and to the city of the living God the heavenly Jerusalem where they shall live together never to be scattered again To understand this the better let me offer 3 things to you shewing you that the godly are gathered to God 3 wayes In this life at death and at the day of judgment First the righteous are gathered to God in this life and that is at their first conversion for by nature we are all aliens and strangers to God scattered from any union or communion with God not only scattered from the glorious but from the gracious presence of God God made man at first to enjoy communion with himself but Adam lost this by his sin and now we are all Cains and Vagabonds scattered from the love of God and from union and communion with God but when God converts any of the elect he gathers them home to himself for conversion is nothing but God's gathering them to himself in the second Adam that were scattered from him in the first Adam the first Adam was a root of scattering a root of separation from God but the second Adam was a root of union and conjunction Christ is the head and all the elect are all gathered together in him 1 Eph. 10. that he might gather together in one all things in Christ so that conversion is nothing but a gathering of the elect of God to Christ by faith and a gathering to one another by love and charity Secondly Gods people are gathered at death here they are gathered to Christ by grace but at death they are gathered to Christ in glory here they are gathered to God by hope but at death by fruition here Christ is gathered to us he comes down and dwells with us but at death we shall be gathered to him we shall go up and be joynd with him There 's a great deal of difference between esse cum Christe and esse in Christo esse cum Christo to be one with Christ is a Christians great security but esse in Christo to be one in Christ it is a Christians great felicity In this life we are gathered to God by faith but at death by vision Lastly we shall be gathered to God at the day of Judgment it is called the day of the gathering of the Saints together A day when all the Saints

THE Righteous Mans death LAMENTED A SERMON PREACHED At St. Austins London Aug. 23. 1662 AT THE Funeral of that Eminent Servant of Jesus Christ Mr. SIMEON ASH Late Minister of the Gospel there By EDMUND CALAMY B. D. The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance Psal 112.6 LONDON Printed in the year 1662. To the READER AS the Words of Dying Men are remarkable so the words spoken of at the Funerals of dead Ministers are most observable Now Reader this Sermon claims thy serious perusal upon both these accompts for as the Minister whose funeral he preached was dead so the minister who preached it was civilly dying for it was the last Sermon but one that the Reverend Author of this Sermon preach'd Thus two Lights were put out together although in a different manner the one his light as to us is put under a clod of earth and the other is put under a Bushel I will not say this Sermon is in every word the same in publication that it was in preaching but this I shall say I do not know that there is one Cubit added to its Stature Thy Friend and Servant M. D. ISAIAH LVII Ver. 1. The righteous perisheth and no man layeth it to heart and merciful men are taken away none considering that the righteous are taken away from the evil to come WE are here met this Evening to perform the last Office of Love for an eminent and ancient Servant of Jesus Christ and excellent Minister of the Gospel Mr. Simeon Ash one who hath formerly performed this Office for many other Ministers and now we are met to perform this Office for him and it is not long before others will meet to perform the same office for us so frail so brittle and so uncertain is the life of man Now the Text that I have chosen is suitable for this occasion For this Reverend Minister was first a righteous man he was righteous in an Evangelical sence he was one that was justified and sanctified Secondly He was a mercifull man both in an active and passive sence he was one that shewed mercy to the distressed Members of Jesus Christ and he was one to whom God shewed mercy this righteous and merciful man is now perished as to his outward condition not as to his everlasting condition but as to his outward bodily condition he is perished and he is taken away the word in the Hebrew is very emphatical merciful men Colligu●tur are gathered it is the same word that is used concerning Josiah 2 Kings 22.10 Thou shalt be gathered to thy Fathers and go to thy grave in peace and shalt not see the evil that I will bring upon this Nation This godly and righteous man is now gathered as ripe Corn in the Barn of Heaven he is taken away from the evil that is to com from the beholding that evil that is coming upon the sinful World he is taken away in mercy that he may not be troubled with the troubles that are coming upon many he is taken away from the evil to come And thus you see how suitable the Text is to the occasion there is only one particular that I desire may prove unsuitable for the righteous and merciful man in the Text perisheth and no man considers nor layes it to heart These words are Verba Commentantis objurgantis the words of the Prophet bemoaning the spiritual security of the people of Israel chiding and reproving them for their spiritual Lethargy Now I desire that this part may not prove suitable but that all of you may lay to heart the death of this ancient merciful righteous man The Observations from the words are these Six First That the righteous man must perish as well as the unrighteous Secondly That the perishing of a righteous man is nothing but his gathering to God Christ and the blessed company of Saints and Angels Thirdly That a righteous man as long as he liveth is the preservative of a Nation and the supporter of a Kingdom the Chariots and Horsmen of a Nation Fourthly The death of a righteous man is a Warning piece from Heaven a Beacon set on fire to give notice of evil approaching F fthly That God doth on purpose take away righteous men that they may not see the evil that is coming on a Nation Sixthly That it is a great and common sin not to consider and lay to heart the death of a righteous man First it is a common sin and therefore it is set down in the greatest latitude the righteous perisheth and no man layes it to heart that is very few And merciful men are taken away no man considering that is very few 2dly It is a great sin and therefore the Prophet Jeremy in the former Chapter calls to all the Beasts of the Field to devour that is all the Enemies of the Church to destroy the Children of Israel because they drank strong drink filling themselves with merriment and promised themselves happy dayes but did not consider that the righteous were taken away from the evil to come I shall begin with the first That the righteous perish as well as the unrighteous How is it that the righteous perish not in their soul they cannot perish so nay the truth is they cannot perish properly in their bodies for the bodies of the Saints never totally and finally perish for the very dust of the Saints in the grave is precious in God's sight and they are asleep in Jesus and by the power of Jesus Christ they shall be raised again glorious bodies Nothing perisheth of a righteous man by death totally and finally but sin and therefore the meaning of the word is as Musculus and Justin Martyr observe perit perisheth that is not according to the truth of the thing but according to the opinion of the world and the proper language of this expression is this The righteous perish that is the righteous must dye and go down to the house of rottenness as well as others and that upon a four-fold account First Because the righteous are included within the Statute of death as well as the unrighteous statutum est Heb. 9.27 It is appointed for all men once to dye the righteous as well as the unrighteous Indeed it is true Jesus Christ hath taken away the hurt of death but not death it self Jesus Christ hath disarmed death made death like the Viper that fastened upon Paul's hand but did not hurt him he hath made it like the brazen Serpent that hath no sting but a healing power in it Christ hath sanctified death conquered and sweetned death at present we are all under the Statute of death but at last this Enemy shall be destroyed 2 Cor. 15 latter end 2dly The righteous consist of perishing principles as well as the unrighteous the righteous are earthly vessels made of dust their foundation is in the dust their lives are a vapour as well as the lives of the unrighteous 3dly The righteous must dye